Centre-Telangana face-off likely on household survey
20 Aug 2014 5:53 AM IST
A senior home ministry official said the central government is seized of the matter and keeping a close eye on the situation arising out of the survey that began on Tuesday morning as it has raised suspicion among the people of Seemandhra origin. ‘Appropriate intervention will be made by the home ministry at an appropriate time, if necessary,’ the official said.
The central government was expecting that the situation in Telangana, particularly in Hyderabad, where tension is high, will calm down and no violent incident will take place. ‘We hope that good sense will prevail and the Telangana government will not do anything that will escalate tension,’ the official said.
Dismissing allegations that the survey is aimed at identifying Seemandhra natives, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that the exercise is intended to ensure that benefits of government schemes reached the targeted sections. According to the ‘Check Slip’ posted on the website of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), data is sought about the number of family members in a household, water tap connection, property tax assessment, LPG and electricity connections, bank account, Aadhaar card, caste certificate, birth certificate, disability, vehicles and land owned.
The central government was expecting that the situation in Telangana, particularly in Hyderabad, where tension is high, will calm down and no violent incident will take place. ‘We hope that good sense will prevail and the Telangana government will not do anything that will escalate tension,’ the official said.
Dismissing allegations that the survey is aimed at identifying Seemandhra natives, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that the exercise is intended to ensure that benefits of government schemes reached the targeted sections. According to the ‘Check Slip’ posted on the website of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), data is sought about the number of family members in a household, water tap connection, property tax assessment, LPG and electricity connections, bank account, Aadhaar card, caste certificate, birth certificate, disability, vehicles and land owned.
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